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Book Review and Giveaway: Hugo The Happy Starfish. Ends Sept 6th

Hugo The Happy Starfish written and illustrated by Suzy Liebermann

Hugo is a little starfish living in the big green ocean. Everyday Hugo smiles and makes other creatures happy and doing that makes Hugo happy. But one day Hugo stops smiling. He begins to feel small and ugly, convinced that nobody likes him. Hugo decides that he should try to be more like the Magic Manta so that everyone will like him. Join Hugo on his journey as he discovers that being himself is the best way to be and only way to be happy.

My Review: This is a fun and interesting book for every household and classroom. When we find something we don’t like about ourselves, we look for ways to change things. When Hugo met Magic Manta he told him that he was small and ugly and if only he could be big and handsome. So Magic Manta granted Hugo six magic wishes. So Hugo wished to be big and handsome. But when he saw his new look he said to Magic Manta that he looks ugly. So Hugo learnt an important lesson, the lesson was to appreciate who he is. Children needs to learn to have confident, be content and happy with who they are and how they look.

This book teaches a simple introduction to Spanish language, lessons of character, ecological alertness and life skills. I highly recommend this book.

FTC Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book from the author in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was not monetarily compensated for my opinion in any way.

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My niece has been very interested in the oceans recently, I know she’d enjoy Hugo and this book. My cousin would love to read it to all of her kids too. Thank you for the giveaway! edysicecreamlover18ATgmailDOTcom

I think that everybody feels this way about themselves at some point. For children, reading about a lovable, sweet character, who feels the same way they do, might be able to feel better about themselves.

I love when children can learn important lessons through reading books. It’s so important for young children to relate to characters in books going through the same problems. Thanks for this chance.
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What a great lesson book for all children, and even adults! It’s so hard to accept ourselves for who we are and how we look, etc., even as adults, which makes it really hard to teach this lesson to kids. This book sounds like it would really help with that:)

Books that teach character lessons are my favorite to read with my children. I think books help them to learn lessons because they can understand more with stories with pictures and age appropriate characters.
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My grandson turns 5 years old on Labor Day. This would be a wonderful book to read with him as it teaches such an important lesson. We need to learn to be happy with ourselves just as we are. He may be confident now – just as Hugo – but that might change if he gets in with the wrong group at school. Even as adults, we need to accept each other just as we are and not push ourselves to be something that we are not.

Hugo sounds a looks adorable. It is so important for children to learn to love themselves and to realize how special and fantastic they are just the way they are. This books seems like a great way to teach this to children.ldombeck@hotmail.com

This book sounds like the perfect book to read to my daughter’s 2nd grade class. What an important lesson! It is so important to let kids know that it is okay to be themselves and to be proud of it. I also think that this would provide the perfect opportunity to talk about peer pressure (positive and negative) and how we don’t have to be like others to be “cool”. Thanks for the chance to win this book!

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My name is Ella Johnson. I started Mymcbooks to promote reading. As a former teacher, I know that making basic education fundamentals interesting to children can be challenging. Education can be fun, exciting and captivating for children with the right learning tools. So my goal is to “make learning interesting and fun” for the children while they learn, by introducing them to fun books with colorful and captivating illustrations.

In 2009, I start the giveaway program giving away free school supplies at random to 2 winners each year. I also started a monthly free giveaways for books and gifts.

August 2010, I extended the free school supplies from 2 to 5 winners at random on my blog and also give away 20 bags full of school supplies to familes in need at Chick-fil-A in Brandon, Florida during their family nights. And in 2012, I beat my that number and gave away a lot of school supplies to needy families. Hopefully, I can continue to do this each year.

In 2011, I started writing reviews on children’s books then giving these books away free on Mymcbooks Blog. I increase the number of books we giveaway free to help support parent. My goal is to give away as many as I can each year. This is also a great way to introduce parents to new books.